Fired worker refuses to leave; peppers deputies with history questions then fights them

An employee at a Port Charlotte pizza shop was arrested Tuesday after he refused to leave the store when he was fired and quizzed deputies on history before fighting with them during his handcuffing.

Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the Pizza Hut at 3068 Tamiami Trail when the worker, Delano Mathurin, 25, of Punta Gorda, was terminated and refused to leave.

Mathurin had stationed himself in a back office and advised the manager he was not leaving.

He refused to answer questions or provide information on his identity but then began to pose history questions to the deputies, stating that he wanted to test their historical knowledge.

Mathurin was told he would be arrested for trespass if he remained in the building and then continued to refuse to leave and began to struggle and physically resist. He also tried to flee on foot while being placed in a patrol vehicle.